She will be your representative in the battle-front." "But they can't hurt me," father objected.

"Thank God I am independent.
Oh, I assure you, I know the frightful persecution they can wage on a professor who is economically dependent on his university.

But I am independent.

I have not been a professor for the sake of my salary.

I can get along very comfortably on my own income, and the salary is all they can take away from me." "But you do not realize," Ernest answered.